She hadn't turned to watch Arthur leave, so missed the nod towards Ben entirely. She did, however, pick up upon the reluctance to which Ben sat down. It made sense to her that he wouldn't want to work things out, that he would rather follow his friend into whatever unknown and be a single bachelor once more. And, truthfully, Melody wouldn't begrudge him if he did. Any hope she had of happiness with Ben vanished when she discovered the news of his bastard. Surely, if she was ready to give in, he must've been too.

"I packed it when I thought we were divorcing." She replied. Back when she lived in constant fear that he was going to turn her into the authorities. Even then, she wouldn't have blamed him for it. Marianne might've believed Melody to have some value, but any amount of self worth she had had slowly vanished throughout the past year and a half.